Bruce Lawson

Some tech trends fizzle out and die a quiet death, while others are so significant that they transform our world and how we live in it. Here are the top nine tech mega-trends that I believe will define 2018 and beyond.<p><b>Trend 1: The increasing datafication of our lives</b><p>From chatting to friends in a …

Serena Williams will marry Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian this week, according to reports.<p>The couple will wed in New Orleans, <i>People</i> reported, with guests arriving as early as Wednesday. The <i>Daily Mail</i> first reported details of the upcoming wedding, which reports say will take place Thursday at the …

First <i>Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.</i><p>WASHINGTON — Move over Virginia and New Jersey, and say hello to Alabama, where the special U.S. Senate election between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug …

By Steve Rosenberg<br>Moscow correspondent<p>A century ago, the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia and created the world’s first Marxist state.<p>The dramatic events of 1917 still reverberate.<p>But what legacy of the revolution can be seen in four cities in Vladimir Putin's Russia?<p>The portrait with the …

Smartphones get better every year, but 2017 has seen a string of particularly impressive devices. The benefits are obvious -- there's never been a better year to be in the market for a new phone -- but that also means that making a decision is harder than ever. Since we've tested all of 2017's …

What makes a documentary “important”? What makes it worth referencing, or remembering, or even watching in the first place? Why, in this time of seemingly perpetual sociopolitical strife, would we veer away from the vaunted, glorious escapism of big feature films and go see something small and …

Tech’s body obsession<p>Not very long ago, while en route to lunch in downtown <b>Palo Alto</b>, I bumped into my dour pal, Arthur. He’d lost so much weight I hardly recognized him. He looked like a walking snake or eel. His eyeballs, which protruded slightly, were the only round things on him. My first …

After coming home from two tours in Iraq, infantryman Justin Miller almost committed suicide. With Objective Zero, he's hoping to help other traumatized veterans.<p>Justin Miller's 4-year-old daughter, Lydia, fell from a tree one summer afternoon in Georgia. But as she lay on the ground crying, …

Klay Thompson was the only Golden State Warriors starter who didn't score at least 10 points in Thursday night's Game 4 win. But as tends to happen on a team with so many weapons, his pedestrian box score wasn't a huge problem. Thompson finished with nine points on nine shots, two assists and two …

<b>(CNN) —</b> New mom. Coach K at the local Boys and Girls Club. Girl Scout leader. Special Olympics volunteer. Omaha, Nebraska, police officer. Kerrie Orozco was all of those things and much more.<p>It was in the last role, as a member of her police department's gang unit, that Orozco lost her life.<p>On …

Willie Cauley-Stein is weeks away from hearing his name called in the 2015 NBA draft, but the former Kentucky star has clearly made an impression on Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird.<p>Per Candace Buckner of the <i>Indianapolis Star</i>, Cauley-Stein's meeting with Bird and the …

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<b>(CNN) —</b> Authorities have recovered a gun used in the shooting deaths of two police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on May 9, said Mayor Johnny Dupree.<p>Two more suspects were also arrested in the case, said Mississippi public safety spokesman Warren Strain. They are 21-year-old Douglas McPhail …

The most famous fighter in the world is going down her menu of bone-snapping options, ticking off the possibilities.<p>"Which arm bar would you like to see?" Ronda Rousey says. She's the best mixed-martial artist at work, and one of the most dangerous humans alive. The arm bar is her signature move. …

Rising Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis’ run of good form has been rewarded with a wildcard entry to the French Open.<p>Kokkinakis gained the Roland Garros green light thanks to the reciprocal agreement between Tennis Australia and the French Tennis Federation, under which the countries …